Where on the Moon should the first Moonbase be?

[skystare]

Lunar dust is indeed a problem - does anyone know how high it levitates? Would the top of a 10 or 20 metre pole be sufficient to keep a PV panel clean? Quite a flimsy structure would suffice with no wind to consider.

 

[OmCheeto]

Lunar dust is indeed a problem - does anyone know how high it levitates? Would the top of a 10 or 20 metre pole be sufficient to keep a PV panel clean? Quite a flimsy structure would suffice with no wind to consider.

THE MYSTERY OF MOON DUST [newyorker]
By Kate Greene November 6, 2013

"The dust not only coats the moon’s surface, but floats up to sixty miles above it"​

Interesting article.

 

[OCR]

We have not yet even constructed a permanently inhabited colony under the Seas of Earth...

The one that was constructed above the Seas of Earth, didn't work out all that well either. Remember Biosphere 2 ...?

On the moon, when things don't work out all that well, it's a bit difficult to just open the doors, and walk away.